Wright Hassall Llp v Horton Jr and Another: QBD 22 Dec 2015

The claimant solicitors sought payment from the defendants of fees of pounds 12,700, plus interest which to the date of issue would take the total to pounds 16,367. The defendants’ principal defence was one of set off of a counterclaim for negligence in which they originally sought damages of over pounds 2.8m, now reduced in their re-amended Defence and Counterclaim to pounds 2.57m.

David Cooke HHJ
[2015] EWHC 3716 (QB)
Bailii
England and Wales

Legal Professions, Professional Negligence

Updated: 05 January 2022; Ref: scu.557324